Proposals made in accordance with a direction under section 57(2) may not be withdrawn without the consent of the Welsh Ministers.

The Welsh Ministers may give consent for the purposes of subsection (1) subject to conditions.

The local authority must reimburse expenditure reasonably incurred by a governing body of a school maintained by it in making proposals in accordance with a direction under section 57(2).

Despite anything in Part 1 of Schedule 3 (responsibility for implementation of statutory proposals), the local authority must meet the cost of implementing proposals made by a governing body of a school maintained by the authority in accordance with a direction under section 57(2) which have been approved or determined to be implemented.